Why All Things 49.

Okay on my profile you can see in a very short version why "All Things 49" It starts with me being born on April 23rd in the year 1949, this making me 63 years old. Some years were not as good as others but most of my years growing up were quite good.


Next part of "All Things 49" I grew up in Mt. View a small town about 45-50 miles south of San Francisco and about 8 miles north of San Jose, Do You Know the Way to San Jose? And growing up in the Bay Area a kid can't help but grow up following and loving the 49ers. The Raiders were not in Oakland when I was  kid and besides I would never be a Raiders Fan.


Next It's about 1965 and my brother John and Mom and Dad went to Knotts Berry Farm and for the first time  John and I panned for gold at the gold mine display and the gold panning area. It was set up with water troughs that had sand in the bottom of the trough and it had gold sprinkled in the sand and the person working at Knotts would scoop up some sand in your pan and he would show you how to pan it down and then let you have the pan to finish. If you were a small kid they would help you but older kids like John and I they let us do it our selves. If by any chance you didn't get any gold or you panned the gold out and back into the trough they would scoop up another pan full of sand and let you pan it down. They would make sure that you got a little gold to take with you. The gold that you panned would be put into a little plastic vile with a screw on lid that was filled with water and then they washed the gold out of the pan into the vile.


So John and I started our days as gold prospectors and just like those men of 1849, the original 49ers, we were hooked. This is why I'm calling this "All Things 49". Anything else in my blog will be about my life, the SF 49ers and John and I prospecting. Modern day 49ers.